Cool activities at Da Vinci Science Center

Dogs from Arctic Paws Dog Sled Tours in Pocono Township will be at Da Vinci… (HARRY FISHER, The Morning…)

December 19, 2012|By Kathy Lauer-Williams, Of The Morning Call

Meet sled dogs and other animals that enjoy the winter weather at the Da Vinci Science Center's eight days of Polar Science Adventures.

Activities teaching about life in polar regions and how wildlife survive in cold climates will fill two rooms at the Allentown museum on Saturday and Sunday, and Wednesday through Dec. 31,

Perform experiments with fresh water and salt water, test chemical hand warmers, and see an aurora borealis 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays and weekdays, and noon-4 p.m. Sundays. Also check out the center's Supercoolness show in which things are exposed to liquid nitrogen. All week, visitors kids can dress as penguins, carry eggs between their feet, chill in a water bottle igloo and touch bear skulls and pelts. Enter to win polar bear figures from Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of the Lehigh Valley.

Arctic Paws Dog Sled Tours in Pocono Township will bring sled dogs and discuss care and training for sled dogs and their roles in a sled dog team at 11:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. Dec. 27.

Scientists from New Jersey Academy for Aquatic Sciences will talk about animals that live at the poles and let visitors touch polar bear and penguin pelts at 11:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m.,and 3:30 p.m. Dec. 29.

Center Chairman Frank K. Schweighardt will talk about his exploration of the North Pole at 1 and 3 p.m. Dec. 30.

Experts from Lehigh Valley Zoo will bring zoo animals and talk about how animals deal with the cold through hibernation, migration and adaptation at 10:30 a.m. and noon. Dec. 31.

Also open is the "Bodies Revealed" exhibit, which teaches about the science of the body with preserved human bodies. The exhibition costs an additional $10.

On Wednesday, the first of four daily concerts at 11:30 a.m. kicks off with Meg's Melodies. Singer and mother of two Meg Russell is a 2012 Creative Child's Preferred Choice award winner whose has first full length CD, "Hat Parade," was a finalist in the Great American Song Competition.